Metal crosstie for railroad use



oct. 9,1928. 1,687,049 'A. WHITNEY l METAL rCROSSTIE FOR RAILROAD USEFiled April 4, 1927 flor ne 11 Patented oca 9,Y i928.

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' 'Application -nledfAprii 4,l

"This :invention relatesto the Aclass of railways land pertainsYparticularly to an 1mproved cross tie' structuref Y i'lhe primaryobject of 'the presentrinvention is to provide, in the manner ashereinafter set forth,a cross' tie which can be ballasted as requiredtosuit various conditionsf- -Another'object ofV the invention is toprovide, vin a Amanner :as hereinafter. fully de-V scribed, a railwaycrosstie formed in sections adjustably connected `together to assist ,in

arranging thetrackfirails in yproper relation' to give the Alineofadetermined gauge., .l

A furtherobjectof theinvention is to provide a railway tie havingv.cert-ain novelfeay tures of construction "which materiallyl eX-peditev the work involved in track.V l. v y A Y Numerous other objectsand advantages of jthe present' invention will `become -apparent thelaying of a A, 4asthe descriptionofthejsaine proceeds and the invention`will' behest understood from 'a consideration 'of the followingdetailed description "taken in connectionjwithfthe ac? vcompanyingdrawings forming a part of the present specification, with theunderstandving, howevergzthat theinvention'is; not cona rail flange to atie section.

\ fined toany strict conformitywith the showing of thev drawings, but lmay be 'f changed or modified so long as such changes/or,modiicati'onssmark noniaterial departure from the salient features ofthe invention ,as eX- pressedr in theappended claims.`

`In the drawings: Figure 1 shows a tion.

Figure 2 shows view.

Figure Sis a centralV longitudinal section the" tie vstructure planthrough onevoffthe sections of the tie struc-l ture.

Figure 4' is a transverse. section taken upon the line 4 -4 of Fig. 1. YY

Figure 5 is a detailed perspective View of f a novel type ofboltemployed' for Referring now to the drawing in' detail, fwhereinelikenumerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout 'theseveral views, the .numerals lindicatea pair of tie members or sectionswh1ch,when 1n operative position, are arranged in spaced end ytie ofythe character em?l bodying the present invention, inl side eleva-Securing 1927. "serial ".No. 180,960.

opposed .relation as shown in Figures il and2."w: V

' :Each of the ktie sections lis inthe forni inforcing partition .f2depending'from lthe top wall 3 and-formed'integral'with the sideofan'lelonga'ted casing having a central re- Walls as shown in Figure 4.ThisY ,partition is spaced a slight distanceiabove `the' bottom `5 ofthe section to lpermit material which is rput in the section as ballastVto fromone'end'ito the other. Y

-:Th'eytop wall yof each section upon'each side of-the partition Q, isprovidedfwithrthe opening V@which extends transversely ofxthe pass topin` the manner shown kand each of these openings 'has a longitudinaledge'formed to setup a guide grooveA 7, the lower -portion of -which isflush with the outersurfaeei of Y the top to permit the'insertionbetween the edges, which are thickened as clearly :shown Y .lBetween'the'filling openings 6 iIl each side in Fig. 3, of the closureplate-8.*

section l there is positioned upon the top of they sectionsandpreferably formed integraltherewith, a brace device 9,-this device ibeing located kadjacent one 'end vkof the vSec'- tion and having anupwardly extending portion -10 Awhch'i's designed -to engage under`the'lballof ta railsuch asfthat indicated by the numeral 11, when thesame is in position transversely' ofthe tie section. 1 The-top 'wall -ofeach tief'section -is lfurther provided with 'a' short longitudinallyVeX- s tending slot 12 which is spaced a sufficient distance from thebaseportion ofthe brace This bolt 13 comprises the turning thereinbutpermits the adjustment When the bolt is in position in a tie sectionwith the lug 16 positioned inthe slot `ofthe bolt. longitudinally of thetie section .as willbe clearly understood.

12 in the-'head or .top wall of the section,a

y c one another so that the gage of tlietrack ca nj be accuratelyobtained. VThis connection loe'-l posed ends of the rods 21 arescrew-threaded,

one oppositethe other as shown, and engagv Washer device 18 is engagedvoverthe bolt With one edgeloverlying the' base flange 'ofYA the tie rail11V asshovvnin Fig. 3. A locking Washer' 19 is then placed overtheWasher 18- y.

anda securing nut 20engaged ontlie upper end of the bolt'14 againsttheslotv portion to secure the parts inposition.

' Y The tie sections 1 are designed to'be Vcon-` nected together'r by aturnbuckle vconnection which permits their adjustment relative to tvveenthe ,tiesections comprises a pair'of bars21reach having one endextended'` through an adjacent end wall of the tie sec tion shown inFig.. 3. Each ofthebalrs 21 is surrounded at that Vend Which extends4through .the Wall of a tie section nby an integral collar 22 Whichbears against the outer face 'of the tie section end `ivall in themanner shown. The end of theV .rod Which projectsinto thetie sectionreceives .thereon a nut23 which-'draws the collar 22 `securely-V againsttheouter face of thezvvall and'thus fixes the rod Yfirmly in position..`rlhe 'oping vthese ends is a turnbuclle 25, which is of kthe zusualconstructionzrsp; y From(the'*foregoing description it vvillbe readilyunderstoodthat Whenfthe tie seci tionsH 1 are. arranged .in ytheposition de! scribed and connected by vthebars 21 and y f turnbuckles25, they may be readily adj usted by actuating the turnbuclrle 25 toseparate or gdravv together the rails 11 which rest thereonl It Willalso be readily seen that ties constructed in accordance with thisinvention Will have all theV strength vand durability desired and due tothe fact that they are hollow, their Weight Would notjbe excessive.

The means provided for ballasting ties of section for this. constructionvis alsoA novel and permits the use ot ballasting. material Which could.not be readilyl used inthe usual manner.

f Having thus `describedmy invention, what e Vv'1. VA yrailway 'tiestructure of port of fa 'trackV rail,k andY eachv having an opening'Vformed vthrough the top thereof `to permit the introduction of ballastmaterialY thereinto, Va ,cover plateV lorV the opening of j thecharacter n. jdesc'ribelpcomprising a `pair of elongated boxlikesectinsfdesigned to be arranged in alinedfend-opposed relation .eachfor the supeach section', a draw-'bar section extending f from each ofthe opposed'ends of the tie sect ions,fand in aligned relation,fsaiddraw bar sections each being provided With screw threads upon itsreeend, and a turn-'buckle connectionbetvveenthe said reefends of thedraw barjsections'designedfto assist in shiftL ing the tie: sectionsvrelative to one another.

i2. AA railway tie structure ofthe character described, comprisingazpairr of elongated boxdke sections designed tobefarranged vin ialine'kd end opposed relation, each 4for the support of a traclrrailVv"and each havingfa pair of openings formedthrough the top thereof topermitthe introduction offballast material thereinto,a cover plate vforeach of l' sardiopenings, vin thevk sections, means arranged between theopeningsof eachrail` thereto,a partition and strengthening plate atoneend tothe innerend of altie section, and means for connecting saidbarmembers one another.

securing an overlying frail Anron WHITNEY Y,

